# Western Extrusions to build billet casthouse in Carrollton, Texas

Western Extrusions Corporation awarded Almex USA an order for a complete billet casting center at its Carrollton, Texas facility. The casthouse will include melting furnaces, degassing system, and DC casting machine, with first billet production targeted for Q3 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-08-16
- Where: Carrollton, Texas, United States
- Starts operating: Q3 2020
- Status: announced
- Products: aluminum extrusion billets, 6xxx series aluminum alloys
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Western Extrusions](https://endata.com/companies/29625.md)
- [Almex USA](https://endata.com/companies/41407.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [almexusa.com](https://almexusa.com/news/western-extrusions-adding-complete-almex-billet-casthouse/), 2019-08-16: "Detailed engineering and equipment fabrication are underway, and the new facility has targeted first billet production during the third quarter of 2020."
- [aluminiumtoday.com](https://aluminiumtoday.com/news/western-extrusions-texas-adding-complete-almex-billet-casthouse), 2019-08-19: "Western Extrusions awarded Almex USA the order for a 'Furnace to Finish' project scope for Western's billet casting center."

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